In old black & white films there was a piano piece played when a woman was tied to the train tracks and the train was coming, but what was it?
Someone must know what it’s called?

I got the tune stuck in my head after watching QI but not a clue what it’s called and it’s doing my head in!

Thanks
Wiksey

Damn you.. it’s now in my head..

time to get the dickhead song back in 😀

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5uVdy5YmA[/video]

Slow Train to Dawn?
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zU2rG-vrJE[/video]

Sorry, I’ve no access to youtube on my works PC and Slow Train To Dawn is struggling on my phone, but the Dickhead Song is kinda catchy 🙂

What I’m after will be dating back to 1930s or maybe earlier?

Perhaps this:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6A-JYbu1Os[/video]

Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov.

Maybe? No?

This is the one that I associate with scenes of panic/impending doom/the need for urgency in old films.

It’s not this is it

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bsL00aCGg[/video]

(The Devil’s Gallop” by Charles Williams )

FAIL – no piano..

I think i know the one you mean now

Trickydisco is right. Similarities between the two, hence my confuddleshun. 🙂

Ooh, The Devil’s Gallop sounds like the one I’ve had in my head for the last day – maybe I remember a cheap production version.

Wasn’t the Devil’s Gallop the theme for Dick Barton, Special Agent?

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXugAiYcQlk[/video]

Devil’s Gallop sounds right to me too.
In the days of silent films they would have a solo pianist playing a score live in the cinema to match the film.
When the films get shown on TV they generally have a solo pianist, rather than a full orchestra, to recreate the vintage feel.

Fantastic. I’m now downloading it while singing along – I bet everyone in the iffice is well chuffed 🙂

Thanks All
Wiksey